Axle bending apparatus



Patented Feb. 16 1932 PATENT OFFICE V LEONARD K. TI TUS, OF IOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

AXLE BENDING APPARATUS Application filed February 7, 1927. Serial ne. 166354.

My invention relates to axle bending apparatus, and more particularly to a portable, practical, economical and efective apparatus by means of, which an axle, or the like, can be bent or straightened, as may be desired, for the purpose of increasing or decreasng the camber thereof.

its place of permanent use, and then manipu lated easily for the purpose of uniformly bendng or .straghtenng an axle many place. 'll`hismakespossible a great saving in aber and also eliminates the necessty of detaching the axle from a motor vehicle, and alsocliminates the necessity of detaching and removing other parts, such as splash pans, in orcller to properly attach the device to the ax e. v

In order to fully explain my nvention and its application and use, I have illustrated one practical embodiment thereof on the acj companying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front View of a motor vehicle axle, showing my invention applied thereto ready for'operaton; e v

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figsl; and

Figure 3 is a view similar to parts omitted, showing aiother adjustment of the apparatus and its attachment to the axle. 4

Referrin now in detail to the drawings, I will descrbe the embodiment of the invention as here illustrated for explanatory purposes. I need not describe the parts of the motor vehicle, other than to refer to the axle, designated A in all figures.

The invention proper comprises a body, 4, shown to be made up of two channel beams,

Fig. 1, with back to back, with spacing sleeves or collars, 5, 5, therebetween on bolts, 6, 6, securing said members together with the space therebe tween. Two anchor members, 7, 7, are placed,

through the space between said channelmenbers, having holes, 8, 8, therethrough, to rev ceive through pins, 9, 9, preferably immediately under the channel members, as indicated, wher'eby said anchor members can be v adjusted longitudinally up and down through the body, 4. The upper-ends of said anchor members are provided with, .clevis-like members, 10, 10, detachably Secured to said anchor members by means of pins, 11, 11, said clevis-lke members being adapted to be detached and placed over the axle, A, as indicated and then attached to the anchor members, 7, 7 i

Screw jacks, 12, 12, are provided and' adapted to seat upon said body, a, with the body or block of the jack having .a portion extended down into the space'between the channel members, as indicated, to prevent it from turning, and with the screws extending down into said space also, the heads, 13, 13, of said jacks being placed against the axle A in the places to be bent, substantially in the manner illustrated.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a simple, portable and practical apparatus for bending axles of any reasonable size, said apparatus having a body, with anchor means which can be adjusted through said 'body and also lengthwise of said body to get the proper attachment tothe axle to be operated upon, and with screw jacks also usable along' the top of said body in any desired position to et the required hearing. lhile I have shown and described but one form or embodment of the invention, I am aware that changes in the Construction and arrangement ca'n be made without departing from the spirit thereof, and I do not limit my invention to' the specific showing made, exce t as I may be limited by the hereto appen ed claim. v

I claim:

An apparatus as shown and described comprising a body made of two channel irons connected back to back with spacing elements LEONARD K. TITUSQ 

